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Poison Springs Battleground State Park is an Arkansas state park located southeast of Bluff City.It commemorates the Battle of Poison Spring in the American Civil War, which was part of the 1864 Camden Expedition, an element of a Union Army initiative to gain control of Shreveport, Louisiana and get a foothold in Texas.
Battle of Poison Spring Part of the American Civil War Date April 18, 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-04-18) Location Ouachita County, Arkansas 33°38′19.7″N 93°00′15.6″W / 33.638806°N 93.004333°W / 33.638806; -93.004333 Result Confederate victory Belligerents Confederate States Choctaw Nation United States (Union) Commanders and leaders Samuel B. Maxey John S. Marmaduke ...
The name derives from the 1864 Battle of Poison Spring, so-called because of a legend about the poisoning of local water at the time of the battle. The actual battle site is preserved as Poison Springs Battleground State Park, located on 85 acres (34 ha) inside the forest. [1]
Operations to resupply the Union army at Camden were frustrated by the Battle of Poison Spring (April 18) and the Battle of Marks' Mills (April 25). The latter battle was particularly devastating, as the Confederates captured most of the supply column, numbering some 1,400 troops and more than 200 supply wagons.
The Confederates captured 170 wagons and teams from a 198-wagon supply train and destroyed the other wagons at the battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas. One source stated that the Confederates killed or captured "most" of the United States Army escort of 1,170 infantry and cavalry and four artillery pieces during the battle on April 18, 1864. [17]
Arkansas State Parks took management operations in July 2021 and is operated under Pinnacle Mountain State Park. [5] War Memorial Stadium: Pulaski: 6.9 acres (2.8 ha) None: A multi-purpose stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Operated by Arkansas State Parks since 2017. [6]
Marks' Mills Battleground State Park is an Arkansas State Park located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 8 and Arkansas Highway 97, north of New Edinburg, Arkansas. It preserves a portion of the battlefield of the Battle of Marks' Mills fought on April 25, 1864, in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of American Civil War .
Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) Skirmish at Ashley's Mills; Action at Ashley's Station; B. Battle of Bayou Fourche; ... Battle of Pine Bluff; Battle of Poison Spring;